![]() The film won Best Full Length Documentary at the 2009 Africa World Documentary Film Festival. The Daily Voice wrote, "I predict that viewing The Black Candle will become an annual family tradition in homes around the world." Time magazine wrote "The first film about Kwanzaa, The Black Candle, narrated by Maya Angelou is fit for a poet." The documentary traces the holiday's growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality. Asante, The Black Candle is about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture. ![]() Narrated by the poet Maya Angelou and directed by author and filmmaker M. The Black Candle uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience. The film premiered on cable television on Starz on November, 2012. The Black Candle is a documentary film about Kwanzaa directed by M. ![]()
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